Date

Jan 6, 2021

Description

President Trump addressed his audience, including the mob that later overran the Capitol Building, for roughly an hour. At multiple points during the speech, Trump incited the crowd saying, among other things, “We want to go back, and we want to get this right, because we’re going to have somebody in there that should not be in there, and our country will be destroyed. And we’re not going to stand for that.” Trump later said, “Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we’re going to walk down and I’ll be there with you." We’re going to walk down -- we’re going to walk down. Anyone you want, but I think right here, we’re going to walk down to the Capitol -- and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering much for some of them.”

While Trump says “I know that everyone here will soon be marching to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard”, he closes his remarks with “So we are going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue — I love Pennsylvania Avenue — and we are going to the Capitol. And we are going to try and give — the Democrats are hopeless, they are never voting for anything, not even one vote — but we are going to try to give our Republicans — the weak ones because the strong ones don’t need any of our help — going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country. So let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.”

Source

The Washington Post

Document published in following posting(s):

The Capitol Riot: Documents You Should Read (Part 1)

Jan 13, 2021